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Webster 1913 Edition
Proximal
Prox′i-mal
,Adj.
1.
Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
2.
(Biol.)
(a)
Situated near the point of attachment or origin;
as, the
. proximal
part of a limb(b)
Of or pertaining to that which is proximal;
as, the
. Opposed to proximal
bones of a limbdistal
. Webster 1828 Edition
Proximal
PROX'IMAL.
[See Proximate.]Definition 2024
proximal
proximal
English
Adjective
proximal (comparative more proximal, superlative most proximal)
- (anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
- (linguistics) Closer to the speaker.
Antonyms
- (closer to the point of attachment): distal
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Related terms
Translations
Closer to the point